Some animation scholars and fans argue that Daffy Duck's later characterizations — particularly the greedy, jealous version — represent a loss of the character's original anarchic power. In the early Tex Avery shorts, Daffy was not just loud and crazy; he was a genuine agent of chaos who disrupted the narrative order itself. The later Chuck Jones version, while iconic, domesticated Daffy into a more predictable comedic archetype: the jealous rival. The book Reading the Rabbit notes that Warner Bros. eventually lost its transgressive edge as safety and commercialization triumphed. In this reading, the 'golden age' Daffy is the early, unpredictable Daffy — the one who could not be controlled, even by the animators who created him.